Washinigton’s Romar not expecting much from Seferian-Jenkins — yet

Washington could use a little strength on the road. The Huskies were 0-5 until winning at Utah Saturday. But coach Lorenzo Romar isn’t expecting much right away with the addition of the football team’s tight end, 6-foot-6, 250-pound freshman Austin Seferian-Jenkins.

“He hasn’t played in a year,” Romar said on Tuesday’s Pac-12 Conference call. “He doesn’t know our system. We’re in the middle of our conference and he comes out after football. It’s not like he’s going to come out tomorrow and average a double-double. It’ll take time.

“It’s not like an injury: We won’t know how bad it us until an x-ray and he wakes up in the morning and we see if the swelling has gone down. We can’t determine how much he’ll help until he gets out there and we see him in a few practices.”

This past fall, Seferian-Jenkins earned first-team freshman All-American honors after catching 41 passes for 538 yards, the second most yards for a freshman in school history. Last winter at Gig Harbor (Wash.) High, he averaged 17 points and 9.0 rebounds a game and was two-time first-team All-Narrows League.

Kensler joined The Denver Post in 1989 and has covered a variety of beats, including Colorado, Colorado State, golf, Olympics and the Denver Broncos. His brush with greatness: losing in a two-on-two pickup basketball game at Ohio State against two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.